Alice Bowsher sort of stumbled into her job as an illustrator. “I’ve always liked drawing for myself but never really thought it could be a viable career choice,” she told Lonely Planet. “I thought I would work in fashion but ended up studying Fine Art at Bath Spa University,” she...
Jamel Saliba, the girl behind Melsy's Illustrations, is on her way to earn some serious money this year thanks to her incredible talent and exposure on Instagram. She's currently at 123,000 followers and the number just keeps growing. Saliba has been illustrating since 2013. She first started doing it...
The art of Dennis Wojtkiewicz is something you don't see every day. This artist specializes in painting portraits of sliced fruit using oil on canvas method, but the final results are not what you would expect. Dennis makes his portraits in large scales while focusing on all the tiny...
Ginnie Hsu’s illustrations and gifs are the best reminders to take each day in stride. Vividly colored and cartoonlike, her work focuses on the happy banality of everyday life. Her joyous gifs and illustrations combine new and traditional formats. Her work draws inspiration from her own life, and from...
Drawing inspiration from Arab culture, fashion, and nature, Roeqiya Fris makes bold illustrations that are something to behold. Her multi-layered sceneries focus mostly on the daily lives of women. “Women are inspiring for me, maybe because I grew up with 3 sisters,” she explained in an interview for Berlin &...
Michelle Morin’s artworks are perfect canvases of summery goodness. Living and working from the Seacoast of New Hampshire, her paintings and illustrations focus mainly on plants and wildlife. And with summer around the corner, we're here for it. Studying painting and art history at Massachusetts College of Art, Morin’s...
New Zealand artist, Fleur Woods, fell in love at a young age with textiles and threads. Her stitched paintings are made using fabric, gouache, and embroidery. Working ting from her studio gallery in the heart of rural Upper Moutere, she draws inspiration from flora and nature. Partly self-taught, she explains...
Instagram account SundaeDoodles brings you “a bit of Sundae sweetness,” through her adorable webcomics. It features her life with her boyfriend and an overweight cat. She has been making short comics since she was ten years old and she dreams to publish a comic book someday, aiming to make the world a cuter...
Inspired by nature and museums, and a big fan of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, Alja Horvat’s illustrations have a nostalgic feel to them. Her work focuses mainly on women, and her use of color makes for a bold experience that's pleasant on the eye. “I think the...
Astigmatism is a common vision condition that causes blurred vision. It occurs when the cornea is slightly curved so the light gets bent more in one direction than another, meaning only part of an object is in focus This condition is natural and most people are born with it without even knowing...